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The 1912 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Ernest Lister defeated Republican incumbent Marion E. Hay with 30.55% of the vote. Lister was voted in with the smallest percentage of the vote in a gubernatorial election in the 1900s. [1] This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote.
Primary elections were held on September 10, 1912. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | W. W. Black | 4,451 | 20.01% | |
| Democratic | Ernest Lister | 4,420 | 19.87% | |
| Democratic | Hugh C. Todd | 3,448 | 15.50% | |
| Democratic | William Henry Dunphy | 2,966 | 13.33% | |
| Democratic | E. C. Million | 2,788 | 12.53% | |
| Democratic | M. M. Godman | 2,649 | 11.91% | |
| Democratic | L. F. Chester | 1,521 | 6.84% | |
| Total votes | 22,243 | 100.00% | ||
Since no candidate received more than 40% of the first choice votes, the second choice votes were counted. W. W. Black was disqualified for being a sitting judge, so the second-placed Ernest Lister was ultimately the Democratic nominee.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | W. W. Black | 8,166 | 18.68% | |
| Democratic | Ernest Lister | 7,629 | 17.45% | |
| Democratic | Hugh C. Todd | 7,322 | 16.75% | |
| Democratic | E. C. Million | 5,739 | 13.13% | |
| Democratic | M. M. Godman | 5,517 | 12.62% | |
| Democratic | William Henry Dunphy | 5,357 | 12.26% | |
| Democratic | L. F. Chester | 3,980 | 9.11% | |
| Total votes | 43,710 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Marion E. Hay (incumbent) | 69,005 | 76.93% | |
| Republican | Orville Billings | 20,689 | 23.07% | |
| Total votes | 89,694 | 100.00% | ||
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ernest Lister | 97,251 | 30.55% | −2.45% | |
| Republican | Marion E. Hay (incumbent) | 96,629 | 30.35% | −32.21% | |
| Progressive | Robert T. Hodge | 77,792 | 24.44% | ||
| Socialist | Anna A. Maley | 37,155 | 11.67% | +9.23% | |
| Prohibition | George F. Stivers | 8,163 | 2.56% | +0.57% | |
| Socialist Labor | Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff | 1,369 | 0.43% | ||
| Majority | 622 | 0.20% | |||
| Total votes | 318,359 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +29.75% | |||
| County [5] | Ernest Lister Democratic | Marion E. Hay Republican | Robert T. Hodge Progressive | Anna A. Maley Socialist | George F. Stivers Prohibition | Abraham L. Brearcliff Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 970 | 42.34% | 847 | 36.97% | 286 | 12.48% | 138 | 6.02% | 43 | 1.88% | 7 | 0.31% | 123 | 5.37% | 2,291 |
| Asotin | 501 | 25.47% | 802 | 45.57% | 250 | 14.20% | 127 | 7.22% | 76 | 4.32% | 4 | 0.23% | -301 | -17.10% | 1,760 |
| Benton | 1,199 | 32.34% | 1,486 | 40.06% | 623 | 16.81% | 320 | 8.63% | 58 | 1.56% | 21 | 0.57% | -287 | -7.74% | 3,707 |
| Chehalis | 1,907 | 21.69% | 3,644 | 41.44% | 1,336 | 15.19% | 1,735 | 19.73% | 141 | 1.60% | 31 | 0.35% | -1,737 | -19.75% | 8,794 |
| Chelan | 1,037 | 20.28% | 1,802 | 35.24% | 1,480 | 28.94% | 634 | 12.40% | 140 | 2.74% | 21 | 0.41% | -322 [lower-alpha 2] | -6.30% | 5,114 |
| Clallam | 422 | 16.78% | 781 | 31.05% | 670 | 26.64% | 617 | 24.53% | 17 | 0.68% | 8 | 0.32% | -111 [lower-alpha 2] | -4.41% | 2,515 |
| Clark | 2,434 | 31.48% | 2,532 | 32.74% | 1,326 | 17.15% | 951 | 12.30% | 466 | 6.03% | 24 | 0.31% | -98 | -1.27% | 7,733 |
| Columbia | 986 | 39.05% | 830 | 32.87% | 513 | 20.32% | 148 | 5.86% | 46 | 1.82% | 2 | 0.08% | 156 | 6.18% | 2,525 |
| Cowlitz | 803 | 21.04% | 1,352 | 35.42% | 1,103 | 28.90% | 501 | 13.13% | 53 | 1.39% | 5 | 0.13% | -249 [lower-alpha 2] | -6.52% | 3,817 |
| Douglas | 1,352 | 43.66% | 837 | 27.03% | 550 | 17.76% | 290 | 9.36% | 61 | 1.97% | 7 | 0.23% | 515 | 16.63% | 3,097 |
| Ferry | 538 | 32.20% | 577 | 34.53% | 251 | 15.02% | 269 | 16.10% | 10 | 0.60% | 26 | 1.56% | -39 | -2.33% | 1,671 |
| Franklin | 508 | 29.18% | 717 | 41.18% | 206 | 11.83% | 270 | 15.51% | 32 | 1.84% | 8 | 0.46% | -209 | -12.00% | 1,741 |
| Garfield | 473 | 30.92% | 369 | 24.12% | 585 | 38.24% | 71 | 4.64% | 31 | 2.03% | 1 | 0.07% | -112 [lower-alpha 3] | -7.32% | 1,530 |
| Grant | 720 | 27.94% | 906 | 35.16% | 533 | 20.68% | 372 | 14.44% | 38 | 1.47% | 8 | 0.31% | -186 | -7.22% | 2,577 |
| Island | 272 | 17.63% | 443 | 28.71% | 435 | 28.19% | 326 | 21.13% | 66 | 4.28% | 1 | 0.06% | -8 [lower-alpha 2] | -0.52% | 1,543 |
| Jefferson | 602 | 26.57% | 893 | 39.41% | 485 | 21.40% | 273 | 12.05% | 6 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.31% | -291 | -12.84% | 2,266 |
| King | 26,243 | 37.07% | 18,927 | 26.74% | 18,727 | 26.45% | 5,594 | 7.90% | 825 | 1.17% | 476 | 0.67% | 7,316 | 10.33% | 70,792 |
| Kitsap | 1,031 | 17.39% | 1,820 | 30.70% | 1,572 | 26.51% | 1,391 | 23.46% | 76 | 1.28% | 39 | 0.66% | -248 [lower-alpha 2] | -4.19% | 5,929 |
| Kittitas | 1,580 | 31.29% | 1,422 | 28.16% | 1,505 | 29.80% | 411 | 8.14% | 114 | 2.26% | 18 | 0.36% | 75 [lower-alpha 4] | 1.49% | 5,050 |
| Klickitat | 917 | 27.49% | 1,565 | 46.91% | 424 | 12.71% | 334 | 10.01% | 85 | 2.55% | 11 | 0.33% | -648 | -19.42% | 3,336 |
| Lewis | 2,879 | 29.69% | 3,127 | 32.25% | 1,683 | 17.36% | 1,667 | 17.19% | 317 | 3.27% | 24 | 0.25% | -248 | -2.56% | 9,697 |
| Lincoln | 1,733 | 36.72% | 1,704 | 36.10% | 963 | 20.40% | 229 | 4.85% | 77 | 1.63% | 14 | 0.30% | 29 | 0.61% | 4,720 |
| Mason | 570 | 31.77% | 483 | 26.92% | 349 | 19.45% | 374 | 20.85% | 13 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.28% | 87 | 4.85% | 1,794 |
| Okanogan | 1,196 | 28.42% | 1,577 | 37.48% | 516 | 12.26% | 874 | 20.77% | 28 | 0.67% | 17 | 0.40% | -381 | -9.05% | 4,208 |
| Pacific | 904 | 22.56% | 1,755 | 43.80% | 916 | 22.86% | 347 | 8.66% | 78 | 1.95% | 7 | 0.17% | -839 [lower-alpha 2] | -20.94% | 4,007 |
| Pend Oreille | 641 | 31.48% | 778 | 38.21% | 286 | 14.05% | 302 | 14.83% | 26 | 1.28% | 3 | 0.15% | -137 | -6.73% | 2,036 |
| Pierce | 10,724 | 34.00% | 6,972 | 22.10% | 9,514 | 30.16% | 3,506 | 11.11% | 711 | 2.25% | 118 | 0.37% | 1,210 [lower-alpha 4] | 3.84% | 31,545 |
| San Juan | 269 | 22.32% | 414 | 34.36% | 285 | 23.65% | 217 | 18.01% | 15 | 1.24% | 5 | 0.41% | -129 [lower-alpha 2] | -10.71% | 1,205 |
| Skagit | 2.090 | 22.91% | 2,579 | 28.27% | 2,389 | 26.19% | 1,642 | 18.00% | 369 | 4.05% | 53 | 0.58% | -190 [lower-alpha 2] | -2.08% | 9,122 |
| Skamania | 230 | 28.29% | 343 | 42.19% | 147 | 18.08% | 83 | 10.21% | 7 | 0.86% | 3 | 0.37% | -113 | -13.90% | 813 |
| Snohomish | 3,597 | 19.09% | 3,677 | 19.52% | 6,930 | 36.79% | 3,847 | 20.42% | 700 | 3.72% | 88 | 0.47% | -3,083 [lower-alpha 5] | -16.37% | 18,839 |
| Spokane | 10,576 | 30.54% | 11,792 | 34.05% | 9,387 | 27.11% | 2,047 | 5.91% | 704 | 2.03% | 122 | 0.35% | -1,216 | -3.51% | 34,628 |
| Stevens | 1,873 | 31.82% | 1,547 | 26.28% | 1,227 | 20.85% | 971 | 16.50% | 245 | 4.16% | 23 | 0.39% | 326 | 5.54% | 5,886 |
| Thurston | 1,634 | 25.88% | 1,974 | 31.26% | 1,397 | 22.13% | 1,138 | 18.02% | 160 | 2.53% | 11 | 0.17% | -340 | -5.38% | 6,314 |
| Wahkiakum | 134 | 15.65% | 374 | 43.69% | 228 | 26.64% | 107 | 12.50% | 10 | 1.17% | 3 | 0.35% | -146 [lower-alpha 2] | -17.05% | 856 |
| Walla Walla | 3,386 | 45.21% | 2,355 | 31.44% | 1,309 | 17.48% | 313 | 4.18% | 115 | 1.54% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,031 | 13.77% | 7,490 |
| Whatcom | 2,785 | 18.83% | 4,576 | 30.93% | 4,014 | 27.13% | 2,924 | 19.76% | 420 | 2.84% | 75 | 0.51% | -562 [lower-alpha 2] | -3.80% | 14,794 |
| Whitman | 3,519 | 36.19% | 3,481 | 35.80% | 1,034 | 10.63% | 574 | 5.90% | 1,099 | 11.30% | 16 | 0.16% | 38 | 0.39% | 9,723 |
| Yakima | 4,016 | 31.29% | 4,569 | 35.60% | 2,297 | 17.90% | 1,221 | 9.51% | 685 | 5.34% | 45 | 0.35% | -553 | -4.31% | 12,833 |
| Totals | 97,251 | 30.55% | 96,629 | 30.35% | 77,792 [lower-alpha 6] | 24.44% | 37,155 | 11.67% | 8,163 | 2.56% | 1,369 | 0.43% | 622 | 0.20% | 318,359 |
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The 1972 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Governor of Washington Daniel J. Evans, who was first elected eight years earlier, and then re-elected in 1968, was eligible for re-election, as Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits.
The 2000 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Gary Locke defeated the Republican candidate John Carlson for his second term in a landslide.
The 1964 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, between incumbent Democratic governor Albert Rosellini and Republican nominee Daniel J. Evans.
The 1968 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1968, and resulted in the re-election of Republican incumbent Daniel J. Evans over state Attorney General John J. O'Connell. Martin Durkan, Albert F. Canwell, and John Patric unsuccessfully ran in the blanket primary.
The 1956 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956, between Democratic state senator Albert Rosellini and Republican lieutenant governor Emmett T. Anderson.
The 1952 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952, between incumbent governor Arthur B. Langlie of the Republican Party and U.S. Representative Hugh Mitchell of the Democratic Party. Langlie won the general election, becoming the first Washington state governor to be elected to a third term. This is most recent gubernatorial election in which a Republican carried Jefferson County.
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The 1948 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Republican nominee Arthur B. Langlie defeated incumbent Democrat Monrad Wallgren with 50.50% of the vote in a rematch of the 1944 contest.
The 1944 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Democratic nominee Monrad Wallgren defeated incumbent Republican Arthur B. Langlie with 51.51% of the vote.
The 1940 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Republican nominee Arthur B. Langlie narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Clarence Dill with 50.24% of the vote. Langlie's 0.74% margin of victory is the third-closest in state history. This is the only gubernatorial election in Washington in which King County has voted for the losing candidate.
The 1936 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Democrat Clarence D. Martin defeated Republican nominee Roland H. Hartley with 69.36% of the vote.
The 1932 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Clarence D. Martin defeated Republican nominee John Arthur Gellatly with 57.29% of the vote.
The 1928 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Republican Roland H. Hartley defeated Democratic nominee A. Scott Bullitt with 56.22% of the vote. This was the last gubernatorial election until 1980 in which a Republican carried Franklin County, Mason County, and Pierce County.
The 1924 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924. Republican nominee Roland H. Hartley defeated Democratic nominee Ben F. Hill with 56.41% of the vote. This was the last gubernatorial election until 2016 in which Grays Harbor County voted for a Republican candidate.
The 1912 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Incumbent Governor Albert W. Gilchrist was term-limited. Democratic nominee Park Trammell was elected with 80.42% of the vote.
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The 1916 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democrat Ernest Lister defeated Republican nominee Henry McBride with 48.10% of the vote.
The 1908 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Republican nominee Samuel G. Cosgrove defeated Democratic nominee John Pattison with 62.56% of the vote.
The 1900 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
